Mapping the city’s uninsured
Dan Goldberg
In an effort to increase health insurance access to New York City residents, the city's Human Resources Administration asked for a map showing which neighborhoods had the highest uninsured rates.
The map, originally put together by the City Planning Commission, and recreated here and made interactive by Capital, was based on U.S. Census information from the end of 2012, the most recent year for which such data was available. It shows 14.3 percent of city residents lacked health insurance and illustrates how reducing the uninsured rate in a few select neighborhoods can have an outsized impact on the total uninsured rate for New York City.
The map takes into account undocumented immigrants who responded to the Census.
What you can see from the map above (you can also find a larger map by following the link at the end of this article) is there are pockets of the city, specifically in the northwest part of Queens, with very high uninsured rates. North Corona had more than 40 percent of its population uninsured, more than twice the city average. Bushwick North, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Corona round out the top five neighborhoods and all had an uninsured rate higher than 25 percent.
Map at link. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/08/8550935/mapping-citys-uninsured
